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This book offers students the means of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work, and the understanding of how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research, but also the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work.

Here is a current user's manual which explains the theoretical foundations, history and full application of the Sears List. It also explicates the hidden potentials of the system to construct subject headings needed for local situations. Updated with new methods, this second edition in tune with the new (2018) edition of the Sears List.

This book explores the intersections among libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) in such practices as digital content creation, conservation and preservation, collections cataloging, digital asset management, digital curation and stewardship, expanding user experiences, and cultivating digital cultural communities.

Sex Crimes and Offenders emphasizes the need to focus on individual perpetrators while also stressing the importance of looking at the offender's social and cultural environments, as well as the social and political responses designed to hold perpetrators accountable and help support victims

School Violence: National and International Responses provides accurate and practical information on school violence at a national and international level to students studying crime and criminal justice, and addresses victimization of students as it is perpetrated through the internet.

This book provides a systematic, inter-disciplinary examination of beliefs in as well as evidence for reincarnation that will appeal to students of anthropology, religious studies, philosophy, and the psychology of consciousness and memory, as well as parapsychology.

This is a concise how-to guide to social sciences research for undergraduate and graduate students. Technologies including citation managers, presentation technologies, e-resources, and Google Scholar are weaved throughout this handy guide.

Child Abuse, Child Exploitation, and Criminal Justice Responses addresses all four categories of child abuse: physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect as well as other non-traditional (and international) forms of child abuse and the responses by the criminal justice system to these forms of abuse.

Health and disease are intimately connected with the movement of people, goods, and ideas that embody globalization. Examining the various dimensions of the intersections between globalization and health, this book calls attention to the challenges these relationships present and the opportunities for cross-border collaboration and solidarity.

The second edition of The New Era offers students and instructors a whole cloth, insightful perspective on the dynamic, changing patterns and orientations unleashed by the processes of globalization, technology, and the emerging "Second Cold War" era.

Zack addresses current upheavals with a new conception of the relationship between citizens and government. Analyzing current states of race, class, gender, and other measures of social wellbeing, Zack promotes a new social compact wherein citizens as a whole make long-term resolutions outside of government institutions to ensure stability.

How to Get a Museum Job discusses ways people can seek and apply for the full range of positions found in most museums. It is based on the author's experience in hiring and being hired within what can be a mysterious and even esoteric world. The book is designed to be very practical offers clear and comprehensive directions.

This book provides librarians interested in starting a 3D printing service with an overview of 3D printing in medical libraries. It will appeal to those looking to start a 3D printing service or understand the 3D printing space as it relates to medical education, practice, and research.

Experiencing fear in front of the screen is a common phenomenon in childhood, and a focus of public concern. In this innovative book, this universal experience is investigated in depth via two complementary studies: a retrospective study of experiences and a study of current nightmares by watching television of 510 children in five countries.

This full-color text shows readers how to transform data into something meaningful - information. It is meant for anyone interested in the art and science of communicating data to others. Drawing on the author's years of practice and teaching, it bridges the two worlds in ways everyone can participate in and appreciate the beautiful in information.

Designed as a manual, Lang's Guide will help mediators incorporate the values and habits of reflective practice into their professional work in order to become resilient, resourceful and competent practitioners. The book presents practical, easy-to-understand descriptions of practitioner thinking and the application of theory and core beliefs.

Winnicott's work on the developmental process is paired with interactions of child therapists and their patients to link theory and practice. More than 25 of his works are analyzed and presented with partial transcripts of actual sessions to demonstrate the value of his contributions to child and adult psychology and psychotherapy.

This book explores the diverse ways contemporary right-wing social movements have built themselves into a potent political force. Just as the 1990s militia movement drew life from deeply embedded values and myths central to American political culture and political history, so, too, do the contemporary militia and alt-right movements.